Do you want to grow your small business with some free marketing tips? There are many ways you can get started marketing your small business for FREE. Of course, you will need to pump up your marketing budget and do some paid promotions to grow your small biz in addition to these FREE methods. This […]
How to Lower the Hidden Cost of Doing Business Without Cutting Corners
Getting into business for yourself is a wonderful adventure as you may leave a corporate world behind. But do you know what the hidden costs you will really need to do business? Planning, in the beginning, will save you a lot of aggravation and money as you start and grow your new business. The Actual […]
A Helpful Process for Hot Presentations Every Time
Does a presentation process sound good to you? If you’re practicing the delivery of key communications for your business, then maybe that’s a big YES! Are you warming up to using video for business yet? Trends, analytics, and your most trusted friends in Digital Marketing are all supporting the path leading to video marketing for […]
Why You Need Presentation Skills for Learning Out of the Box
One thing I hadn’t thought about when I began designing and building an online blogging course is the idea of presentation skills as an eLearning prerequisite.
Why You Need to Get to Know Your Ego
We probably all fall into a feeling of excitement, getting all hyped up when we achieve a success of one kind or another throughout life. It feels utterly human, after all, to bask in at least a little glow at a job well done. Oh, the ups and downs of humans being human. But what […]
Business Tips to Help You be Successful
Sometimes everyday business seems to suck you into a vacuum, spinning you faster than the eye of a hurricane. You just want to keep things going smoothly and who can blame you? Running your business encompasses a wider skill set than most people realize, particularly when you’re starting out. For an owner, there’s an awful […]
Planning Power For Positive Progress All Year
I’m not going to lie. This past year has been my most challenging and perhaps my blog reflects this. Don’t get me wrong. I’m as committed as ever and I continue to level up with a “continuous learning” mindset, but my heart and soul—home base for my writing and creativity—are in turmoil. My emotional well-being […]
A Halloween Story: When Customers Haunt You
Since it’s Halloween time, I thought I’d tell you a spooky little customer service tale. It begins with glitter and sparkles and all the fun of an extravagant Event Celebration. But, it involves an event business client-type, a favorite, as the main character—a bridezilla, in fact! For sure, this is scarier than the “grumpy old […]
Are You Walking a Social Media Tightrope?
Are you walking the Social Media tightrope too? Do you ever think you’re going to fall off any second? Ever wrestle with yourself, thinking: To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That is the Question. My little Shakespearean parody here is from an intro I used while sharing a recent post by Ryan Biddulph of BloggingfromParadise […]
Why is Account Based Marketing a Thing?
Are people just suddenly aware of, “Do you want fries with that?” Cross-selling is something I was taught as a bank teller during college in one of my first “real jobs.” And every fast food flipper learns that opening line up-sell, right? Hasn’t anyone told you, if you haven’t figured it out yet, the best customers are […]